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From revolutions to revelations, these books decode society’s tangled mess with insight, wit, and maybe a conspiracy theory or two.
“A masterfully told story of greed, recklessness, murder, and the precipitous decline of Salem, one of young America’s greatest ports . . . a chilling tale.” —Eric Jay Dolin, bestselling author of Left for DeadThough notorious for the witch trials of 1692, Salem was...
Historian Carol Berkin's A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution is a rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future. "Just as the Constitution was a brilliant solution to the problems of the 1780s,...
A zany chronicle of the rise of America’s hottest donut mini empire—with recipes—by the authors of Zahav, the James Beard 2016 Book of the Year. “We knew absolutely nothing about making donuts.” So begins this quirky story of how two James Beard Award–winners hatched...
The “monumental” New York Times bestseller in which a Catholic explores the problem of anti-Semitism through Church history (The Washington Post). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book In this “masterly history” (Time), National...
A Best Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post An imaginative and riveting tour de force that tells the “powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall’s efforts to uncover the truth about these...
In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness. Hailed as...
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of Herman Melville."—Timothy Snyder, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On TyrannyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Sarah Kendzior delves into...
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s “fascinating” account of the political battles that led to the end of the Papal States (Entertainment Weekly). From a National Book Award–nominated author, this absorbing history chronicles the birth of modern Italy and the clandestine...
The New York Times bestseller from the author of Blowback. “Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U. S. military and foreign policy.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe’s...
A fascinating look at history's losers-the myths they create to cope with defeat and the steps they take never to be vanquished againHistory may be written by the victors, Wolfgang Schivelbusch argues in his brilliant and provocative book, but the losers often have...